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The mail order business that Clas Ohlson started in 1918 in Insjön is now an established European retail business. There are about three thousand staff working in Sweden, Norway, Finland and the UK who all follow our company motto “Making things easier for people to solve their everyday practical problems”. You are warmly welcome to read about the journey we have made, the future challenges we face and the values, concepts and responsibilities on which our business operations based.
Clas Ohlson is a rapidly expanding retail business with sales of over SEK 5 billion in Sweden, Norway, Finland and the UK. The Head Office lies in the same town where its business operation began in Insjön, Dalarna County. The company has been listed on Stockholm's Stock Exchange (OMX) since 1999.
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Do you share our view that helping people solve their everyday problems whether big or small is one of the most satisfying things one can do? Then Clas Ohlson may be the company for you with exciting multifaceted roles and job assignments on local, national and international levels. At Clas Ohlson the possibilities for advancement, training and personal development are endless.
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It should always be easy and convenient to find what you need at Clas Ohlson. In Sweden and Norway, we sell a wide array of home, multimedia, electrical, leisure and hardware products both though our online store and by mail order. In both Finland and the UK, sales are conducted through our expanding retail network. All our purchasing, transport and goods are handled responsibly according to strict environmental and sustainability standards.
Read more about our fantastic journey from 1918 onwards, from its original mail order business in Insjön to the successful international retail company it is today.
The story of Clas Ohlson
Responsibility for the environment, people and society as a whole runs as a common thread throughout our entire business operations and is an important factor for all the decisions we make.
Sustainable development
A second group of trainees joins Clas Ohlson. Arvid Dahlström, Petter Linde and Samuel Wilhelmsson will soon begin to find their feet as trainees on the graduate scheme which began on 1 September. CO News caught up with the boys for a chat on day two of their induction at the head office in Insjön, and they all agreed that there’s a LOT to take in right from the start. “There is a lot of information and inspiration,” explains Samuel.
The programme began with a two-day induction at Insjön, followed immediately by the trainees being thrown in at the deep end at their respective stores; Arvid was assigned to Sickla, Petter to Drottninggatan, and Samuel to Örebro City. This year the trainee programme, which was launched last autumn, will see the new trainees concentrating for the first time solely on the store, rather than working on projects in parallel with in-store training. The change was introduced following feedback from last year’s trainees. Arvid thinks there are advantages to being in the second batch of trainees: “Jacob, Sofia and Gustaf who started last autumn have really been the guinea pigs for this scheme, and we can benefit from the feedback they gave to those running the programme. Last year’s group are serving as mentors this time around.”
How a traineeship works out is not carved in stone from the first day to the last, but is what you make of it. “We have a great deal of responsibility, as well as a say in what happens. This enables us to find a role we enjoy,” explains Petter. Samuel agrees, adding: “It is a fantastic opportunity to meet a lot of different people and learn a lot about various functions within the company. It is perfect for networking and discovering which jobs you are best at and where you can contribute the most.” Arvid likes the fact that Clas Ohlson’s programme is so open, enabling the trainees to enter into discussions and support one another without the fear of competition getting in the way. A lot of other companies take on a certain number of trainees, but only some of them make it through and get a job at the company. “It is a stressful process, which we avoid, as all three of us will see it through to the end.”
Arvid, Petter and Samuel are all on the same trainee programme but that doesn’t mean they will all be doing the same thing. Each has his own interests, which they will examine in greater detail later on in the programme. “I have studied sales and marketing for three years, so to be able to work in this sector is great,” says Petter. Arvid has worked for periods at the Distribution Centre (DC) and his dissertation dealt with methods for unloading containers, so logistics is a subject he finds incredibly interesting: “Logistics, whether it be materials or information flows, keeps the entire company moving forward, and I find the whole process unbelievably interesting.” Samuel has not yet decided which area he would like to work in, but thinks it would be cool and interesting to work with something like online sales.
The first element of the programme involves in-store training. To begin with, the trainees will receive a week’s in-store training at the new store on Bogstadveien in Oslo. This will give them the opportunity to learn everything there is to know about being a store employee from scratch. They will also be participating in a few store manager meetings. After 4-8 months at their various stores, they will transfer to Insjön, where they will continue to work on a variety of projects.
